Martin Luther King High School Cross Country 2013 Yearbook - Volume 15 Written By: Coach Peters, Coach Peirce, Coach Clendenen Compiled by Coach Peters ~~ 76 athletes at season’s end Coaches: Brad Peters, Leisha Clendenen, Jim Griesinger, Dan Peirce, Jim Griesinger Athletic Director: Tony Masi
Martin Luther King HS overcome XC wetwoshall thousand and thirteen
Like a Matterhorn in Kansas, a mountain of despair towered in the middle of the last century, casting a dark shadow on African Americans across the US. Its jagged features were chiseled through centuries of racism. From the first slaves who arrived in the colonies manacled to the ships of the Middle Passage to their 20th century descendants who were chained to the lowlands of social, political and economic discrimination, the monolith menaced and for decades it seemed insurmountable. Racial discrimination was Everest before Sir Edmund Hillary. It was the four minute mile before Bannister, flight before the Wright brothers, portable light before Edison. Overcoming racism and its twin peak of discrimination was, in the minds of most who lived then, not possible. Obstacles of mountainous size know no color line. We all face them. But to describe the daily hurdles we cross as equal to scaling the towering cliffs of centuries-old institutional racism is to be either ignorant of history or callous of heart. A measure of empathy for that generation of African Americans would offer a pass if they concluded the mountain was too high. Into that story a young preacher man rose up. Inspired by the challenge and the moment in history, Martin Luther King passionately called his listeners to overcome the temptation to retreat. Brandishing the weapon of love and harnessing the impatience of millions of African Americans who had grown weary of living in the shadows, he challenged them to “hew out of the mountain of despair,
a stone of hope.” Those words were one of the capstone phrases of his most famous address, the one delivered fifty years ago today on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. When one has hope, one has the freedom to dream. When one is undaunted by the “difficulty of the moment”, one has the ability to see that “it is not an end, but a beginning.” The “fierce urgency” of the moment compelled Dr. King to beckon Negroes of the early Sixties to “rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.” The speech soared; not only on the airwaves of that sacred ground, but on into history. Today, 50 years on from that August day, we hear the echoes still. But not all was good that day, or the ones before and after. The city of Washington DC was on high alert leading up to “the first ever Negro led public gathering in the nation’s capital”. President Kennedy had positioned nearby almost 20,000 military troops in the event a riot had to be quelled. Liquor sales were halted in the District. Some store owners deposited their inventory in warehouses in the event of looting. Even the Washington Senators postponed two ball games until the week following the March. While it all proved to be unnecessary, clearly the prejudice of White Americans was present and accounted for. Racism didn’t end that day. Three weeks after the March, down in Birmingham, the KKK threw some TNT at the 16th St. Baptist church and killed four young black girls as they prepared for Sunday school. A riot broke out. By ’64, legislation addressing Civil Rights had been passed, but the nation remained on the edge of a seeming apocalypse. The “jangling discords” of the nation were incessant, brassy and everywhere. Even a Dream described with eloquence was not enough to end the nightmare. Into the middle of that chaos a simple song drifted lightly up, then like a phoenix rose on the crescendo of works much mightier than its simple score. Coupled with Dr. King’s soaring rhetoric, it formed a duet that inspired millions to march. From ditty to anthem, a theme song was born. We Shall Overcome. The song was written in 1900 as a gospel song and first used as a protest chorus by
Food and Tobacco union workers in 1947, by the time the civil rights movement was gaining speed in the late 1950’s, the song’s moral clarity had caught hold of protesters at lunch counters and behind jail bars. Marchers on Main street and Marchers on Washington held it aloft on a cappela shields of soul force. Folk singer Joan Baez sang the hymn as an invocation to the proceedings that led to King’s great sermon in DC. We Shall Overcome | we shall overcome someday | Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe | we shall overcome someday. The remaining verses take us on an emphatic journey: … we shall all be free … we are not afraid … we are not alone … we shall overcome. The destination is nothing short of victory. But of course, the dogmatic and overtly optimistic “shall” -- as if there were no alternatives but overcoming – can give rise to cynics. “Just put a happy face on it” seems a bit contrived when you’ve got a two-fisted grip on jail bars. It’s hard to think there’s only one outcome to the battle when you’ve got a German shepherd tearing at you and racist cops are swinging their clubs and looking to score. Is there a song for the mountain of despair? Couldn’t we adapt the lyrics to read “We might overcome?” King was fond of saying that if you don’t have something you’re willing to die for, then you’ve got nothing to live for. While that reads a pinch pessimistically, it’s in that paradox that the hope of the Civil Rights Movement is found. Doubt is switched with certainty. “Maybe” becomes “will.” How can you lose if “redemptive suffering” and even death isn’t a deterrent? Emboldened by their faith, the marchers belted out the lyrics and soldiered on. We shall overcome … they became three words that formed the soundtrack of a movement that changed the course of history. The night before he died, King put this truth to words. It’s a chilling last paragraph to his last speech: “I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know that we as a people will get to the Promised Land. And I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything; I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” Death has lost its sting when the stones of hope are found scattered in the shadows of the valley of death. If evil doesn’t scare you, any mountain can be overcome.
Even the one named Despair.
THE GIRLS VARSITY LEAGUE TITLE WAS THE 12th TITLE IN 15 YEARS!
2013 Varsity Letter Earners
2013 Big 8 All League Runners
2013 CIF D1 Finalists
Third Year
First Team Ruth Wiggins - League MVP Brianna Jacklin Alyssa Haring
Lauren Boydd BreeAnn Guzman Brianna Jacklin Alyssa Haring Aimee Martinez Rebekah Pendleton Rachel Rosales Emily Sanchez Ruth Wiggins
Dalton Seckinger Aimee Martinez Second Year Alyssa Haring Kyle Johnson Rolando Phalen Mark Werley First Year
Hannah Boutwell Lauren Boydd Matt Cleland Jacob Enriquez Daniel Gonzalez Brandon Gutzmann Parker Gutzmann Bree Guzman David Huff Hannah Huscher Brianna Jacklin Tyler Janes Rebekah Pendleton Carlos Ramirez Rachel Rosales Emily Sanchez Blake Simpson Wyatt Smith Ruth Wiggins
Rolando Phalen Tyler Janes Mark Werley Second Team Aimee Martinez Rachel Rosales Bree Guzman Daniel Gonzalez Carlos Ramirez Kyle Johnson Third Team Lauren Boydd Dalton Seckinger
15 YEARS OF MAKING LEAGUE CHAMPIONS KING HIGH XC Individual League Champions Varsity Girls
2013 - Ruth Wiggins Big 8 League 2010 - Hanna Peterson Big 8 League 2009 - Kelsi Tippets Big 8 League 2008 - Kelsi Tippets Big 8 League 2007 - Carissa Bowman Ivy League 2006 - Carissa Bowman Ivy League 2005 - Carissa Bowman Ivy League 2004 - Kristina Moore Ivy League 2003 - Megan Fairley Sunkist League 2001 - Tawny Odekirk Sunkist League
2013 2012 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
2013 SCHOLAR ATHLETES BRINGING MEANING TO THE TERM, “STUDENT”- ATHLETE 3.5 GPA or Above at the Quarter Grading Period 4.0 and above Daniel Clark Alyssa Giddings Rebekah Pendleton 3.80 - 3.99 Lauren Boydd Mario Machuca Brandon Gutzmann Blake Simpson Andrew Boebinger Justin Graham Britney Saucedo Julie Steklof Evan Tinker Austyn Wild Tyler Woods Mason Zhu 3.5 to 3.79 Austin Simpson Parker Gutzmann Tyler Janes Kyle Johnson Isaiah Curtner Jennifer Gutierrez Iveth Gutierrez Kathryn Hammar Amanda Haring Tayelee Holtrop Abel Martinez Rachel Rosales Dystanie Rush Madeline Wrathall
THE FINAL ROSTERS OF 2013
Lindsey Berney, Hannah Boutwell, Lauren Boydd, Andrea Canseco, Lauren Carr, Ali Clayton, Jessica Ferguson, Alyssa Giddings, Jennifer Gutierrez, Iveth Gutierrez, Breean Guzman, Kathryn Hammar, Amanda Haring, Alyssa Haring, Tayelee Holtrop, Hannah Huscher, Brianna Jacklin, Hannah Johnson, Aimee Martinez, Shelby Mikkelson, Yoselin Nevarez, Rebekah Pendleton, Sarah Rink, Rachel Rosales, Dystanie Rush, Miranda Salas, Emily Sanchez, Britney Saucedo, Savannah Saucedo, Morgan Sherman, Julie Steklof, Shana Tenne, Ruth Wiggins, Madeline Wrathall, Krista Zwart Austin Adams, Vincent Bazurto, Colin Berney, Andrew Boebinger, Daniel Clark, Matt Cleland, Isaiah Curtner, Austin Dai, Jacob Enriquez, Daniel Gonzalez, Justin Graham, Travis Gregory, Brandon Gutzmann, Parker Gutzmann, Brenton Havsgaard, Austin Hoffman, David Huff, Tyler Janes, Kyle Johnson, Garret Koontz, Mario Machuca, Abel Martinez, Matthew Martinez, Nathan Mejia, Ryan Orr, Jacob Pendleton, Rolando Phalen, Isaiah Quiambao, Carlos Ramirez, Michael Robinson, Dalton Seckinger, Austin Simpson, Blake Simpson, Wyatt Smith, EJ Soholt, Evan Tinker, Donovan Vo, Mark Werley, Austyn Wild, Mason Zhu
The 15th Edition of King Cross Country Three League Titles and Girls CIF Finalists
STORIES OF THE 2013 SEASON
MAMMOTH 2013 Our annual week in Mammoth was a bit different this year than in the past. We went a few weeks earlier than normal, and sadly, due to a forest fire some 100 miles away, we spent much of the week hunkered down in the condos as choking smoke blanketed the town. Despite the obstacles however, we were able to do some training and maintain a few of our traditions.
JUMP IN! Summer Camp Pool Party
SEASON GETS ‘MOO-VIN’ WITH THE COW RUN It was hot. We’ll get that out of the way right up front. Hot all week and hot on Saturday for the kick off to the 2013 season. Cerritos is considerably closer to the Pacific Ocean than Riverside is, but it had IE type temps right from the start and some significant humidity thrown in for no extra charge. With a seasonal theme of “We Shall Overcome”, the first meet raised the first obstacle in the form of heat. The varsity girls earned the championship by winning their race by one point! All seven of them raced with great tenacity and purpose, moving up well over the second half. Ruth Wiggins led the way with the number-4 sophomore time in school history at 18:35 while finishing 10th overall. Freshman Rebekah Pendleton sparkled in her first high school race and put down the fourthfastest freshman time in school history at 19:26. Breanna Jacklin raced well in the second-spot for the ladies as did newcomers Bree Guzman and Lauren Boydd. Bree got baptized in California cross country after two years of racing in Wyoming and handled it with great poise. Lauren who is also a senior but in her rookie season of cross raced like a veteran. Team time of 95:41 was good for 7th on King’s All Time list. The sophomore boys team also won their race, gapping Redondo Union by 33
They were led by Blake Simpson’s strong effort before finishing in eighth. With a seasonal theme points. David Huff, AJ Boebinger, Wyatt Smith and EJ Soholt were the scoring five, with running significantly faster times on the course than in 2012, despite the of “we shall overcome” allmuchfivewarmer temps. Brenton Havsgaard showed great improvement as did Austin Hoffman. King’s 9th graders were led by Mario Machuca who has been training really the first meet raised the well of late and it showed with his 18:40 mark. Colin Berney had a very nice second half of the race after a slow start to finish at 19:00 falt. Evan Tinker, Abel Martinez, Austin Dai rounded out the top five and the team finished in 8th place. King’s first obstacle in the form and sophomore ladies finished in 5th, led by Sarah Rink and Hannah Boutwell. of heat King’s 9th grade girls, while not plentiful in number, got their season’s and career’s
off on a good start. Tayelee Holtrop looked great despite not having a summer of training as did Destynee Rush. Kathryn Hammer ran really tough, battling through the heat. The JV boys were led by Carlos Ramirez’s commanding win (King’s 5th fastest time on the day) and a great pack of Brandon Gutzmann, Matt Cleland, Jacob Pendleton and Garret Koontz. The group finished in second place and without doubt had to suffer through the highest temperatures along with their JV girl compatriots. The Varsity boys found themselves playing a game of catchup after the first mile. Given the very loaded field which included seven highly ranked Southern Section and State teams, the group raced together with senior Jacob Enriquez gamely taking the leading chores past two miles before dropping back to the number-six spot. Mark Werley and Daniel Gonzalez both notched all-time sophomore times with Mark in the second spot and Daniel with the third-fastest sophomore time ever run at King. But the spotlight shined on hard-working Kyle Johnson the brightest as he was able to squirrel away from the tight pack with 400 to go and started the scoring for the team. He and Rolando Phalen who was one second behind, ran the 6th and 7th fastest junior times in school history. With Ramirez’s mark, the boys dropped five guys under 16:00. Their team time was 79:44, the seventhfastest team time in school history.
Emily Sanchez led the charge for the JV girls. As the last race of the day and with the mercury close to 100 degrees, her second place finish and course PR was truly remarkable. Iveth Gutierrez and Hannah Johnson were close behind her. Britney Saucedo had a fine run for fourth followed by her sister Savannah. So it was a cool way to start the season, even if the weather made it uncomfortably hot. Overcoming is part of successful living, and the Cow Run of 2013 gave plenty of opportunities for just that.
ROOKIES GAIN RACE EXPERIENCE AT 2 MILE MADNESS
WE ARE KING, AND WE ARE FROM RIVERSIDE
Woodcrest Christian’s Two Mile Madness meet attracts mainly small and private schools to their flat, grass 2 mile layout at the Ab Brown Soccer Complex. Given that, King opted to keep the veterans home for a workout and took just the rookies to the sport. The objective was to gain racing experience ... the mission was accomplished.
“Where are you guys from?!”
9th grader Rebekah Pendleton got a good lesson on leading and shadowing. She and Woodcrest Christian’s top harrier Brittney Thompson, separated themselves right away from the field and locked in together for the first of two loops. Thompson’s experience had her shadowing Rebekah before taking off over the last 800 to record the win. Still, Rebekah’s race was a very good one and it gave her experience leading a race. She led the way for two 9th graders who show great promise for King in the next couple of months, Tayelee Holtrop and Dystanie Rush, both of whom ran well. Perhaps the nicest surprise of the afternoon was Katherine Hammar who ran a “come from behind” tactic and caught several opponents to close well. Abel Martinez rebounded from a rough race on Saturday and was the second 9th grade boy for King, following Mario Machuca who is really starting to figure out the sport... a fine race by Mario for seventh place. Evan Tinker, Austin Dai and Justin Graham formed a nice pack in the top 15 places. Travis Gregory was a solid performer in the Sophomore race, as was Alyssa Giddings and Jessica Ferguson for the girls. Nathan Mejia and Daniel Clark were “lone wolves” in the junior and senior races, and both notched top 12 places. It was a good day. A bit of a break in the heat was nice, but even nicer, the greenest kids on the King team, got a bit savier when it comes to racing.
You had to forgive all the inquisitiveness of the very friendly spectators at the 41st Annual Lowell Invitational in Golden Gate Park on a wonderfully chilly day in San Francisco. King? Who were we and why were we dominating race after race, punctuated at one point with King’s JV boys race placing 7 out of the first 9 finishers? It was hard not to notice King High School. San Francisco! Our first trip to the city by the Bay in six years was a wonderful respite from the heat and humidity of Riverside. Dressed up for the trip up, we looked good as we stepped off the bus at our hotel on
Before returning home, even the Barista at Starbucks knew we were from Riverside, had come to race, and asked how we had done at the meet. “We did well” I said, “very well.” crisp Friday afternoon. We had just crossed the brand new Bay Bridge and had views of Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the city on the hill that is San Francisco, and the team soon set off for an afternoon workout past the cable cars and Fisherman’s Wharf on a trail towards the Golden Gate; could it get any better? The next day at the Lowell Invitational it did. Arriving at Golden Gate Park on Saturday morning, it was 57 degrees. Sixty plus teams filled the large meadow near the finish line. Our first two races, freshman boys and frosh/soph girls, only had 4 runners each, one short of being in contention as a team. Running the shorter 2.13 mile course, Mario Machuca led the frosh boys with a great race, while Kathryn Hammar led the girls frosh/
soph; followed closely by Hannah Boutwell. With the boys sophomore race, we started a run of three straight team victories with Michael Robinson winning the race and joined by strong performances by Andrew Boebinger, Wyatt Smith, Brenton Havsgaard, and EJ Soholt making up the scoring five that beat northern California powerhouse Bellarmine by just 8 points. A few people in the crowd started wondering where we were from, and the next race made them say it out loud. The JV boys ran the first of the longer 2.93 mile races with one of the most dominant performances by a King team ever at a large invitational. From the beginning, seven King runners pushed out to the lead that they would hold the entire race with seven of the top nine finishers from King and earning a perfect score of 15, rarely ever done at an invitational. Dalton Seckinger and Tyler Janes raced each other to finish first and second, with Blake Simpson, Parker Gutzmann, Matthew Cleland and David Huff following close behind to make sure no one in the crowd could ignore King High School. Garrett Koontz, Jacob Pendleton, Isaiah Quimbao also finished 9th, 15th and 24th just to accentuate the point. “We’re from Riverside,” we answered to quite a few inquisitive parents. The JV girls continued our winning ways a tight four point victory over St Francis with Hannah Johnson winning the race, Amanda Haring finishing 3rd, and Savannah Saucedo, Miranda Salas, and a gutsy Shelby Mikkelson (who turned her ankle with about a half-mile to go and still found a way to finish strong) making up the top five. Hannah Huscher finished right behind Shelby for a breakout performance and probably her best race as a King athlete to put 6 runners in the top 17. Shanna Tenne also had a great race to round out the top 7 for King and a third straight victory. Lindsey Berney and Morgan Sherman also had solid
races, finishing in the top half of the very large field. The varsity girls followed the success of the sophomore boys and JV teams with a great race against Gunn High School. Ruthie Wiggins led the way at 18:17 for the top time among the girls, with Alyssa Haring, Brianna Jacklin, frosh Rebekah Pendleton, Lauren Boydd, and Bree Guzman all having excellent races. With all six girls finishing in the top 23, it
was still a surprise when they announced we had pulled off a tight 4 point victory over Gunn whose top-3 were in the top 12 including the race winner. But the coaches noticed that there was a major error in the scoring and did the honorable thing and reported it. There is no victory without honor, and a second place finish with every athlete receiving a medal was no letdown. The varsity boys, led by a very aggressive performance by Rolondo Phalen finishing at 15:09 for the top time for the boys, placed third against two top-10 state ranked D-1 teams from Bellarmine (7th in the state) and Carlmont (10th). Mark Werley, Carlos Ramirez, Kyle Johnson, and Daniel Gonzalez all finished under 16 minutes for one of our best performances
ever by a King team. The boys may have been a bit frustrated in their 3rd place finish, which earned them all medals, but that is only due to their hunger and desire to work harder in their quest to go farther than any boys team has in King history . They’ve worked very hard and are positioning themselves to give King an opportunity to be a factor in the Southern Section as the season unfolds. By the time we packed up and boarded the bus back to the hotel for a fun night in Fisherman’s Wharf, very few people in the crowd didn’t know King High School was from Riverside, and that we were a very good team. When we walked into the local Starbucks near our hotel on Sunday morning just before returning home, even the barista knew we were from Riverside, had come to race, and asked how we had done at the meet. “We did well” I said, very well.
A SPREAD OFFENSE SUPPORTS YOUNG GUNS IN SAN DIEGO
Sophomore Mark Werley dropped the hammer with about 1.5 miles to go in the 2.9 mile course, making a bold move from the top 15 to third. He ran 16:09, King's #4 all time on the course, and by the day's end, his race would lead the charge for the King boys at the 33 Annual Mt. Carmel invitational. While the young guns of King seemed to get the lion-share of attention, there was plenty of applause to spread across the entire team. It was a great day for King Cross Country.
Werley's was the second of four grade-level races, so we had no way of knowing that his sterling 16:09 mark would lead the way for the boys. But it did and it may well have inspired the group of all ages to push a little harder and bring their best to the line. It was an inspiring day after a tough week of training and should be a sign of more good to come. The boys sophomore team was firing on all cylandars and gapped their nearest rival team by over 30 points to take a victory on the famed course for the second year in a row. It was Mike Robinson who got it rolling with a very agressive first mile. Daniel Gonzalez responded perfectly to some coaching guidance and was in the thick of it right from the start. Tyler Janes ran another good race, nicely following up his performance last week in San Francisco. Blake Simpson ran well again and closed the door on the scoring. Wyatt Smith, improving dramatically by the week, was in 6th. The Junior boys finished in the runner-up spot with a solid team attack. Through most of the winding course, the top four were within 20 meters of each other. Carlos Ramirez timed his big move over the last half of the race, climbing from King's #5 to #1 by the line and with a top 10 King all time mark at 16:17. Dalton Seckinger, Rolando Phalen and the much improved Kyle Johnson ran very close together, while Matt Cleland -- another much improved harrier for the Wolves -was the 5th man. Sophomores Ruth Wiggins and Alyssa Haring were burning the grass of Balboa Park with two truly remarkable races over the girls' course of 2.7 miles. They ran side-by-side for the first half before Ruth pulled away to a third-place overall finish. Her time of 16:14 is King's 4th fastest all time, while Alyssa, who didn't fall too far back, ran 16:33 which stands as King's 7th best all time. Freshman Rebekah Pendleton ran another fine race and finished in the top ten of the 9th grade race, behind the winner who was one of the fastest overall on the day! Kathryn Hammar andTayelee Holtrop continued to improve and ran their best races of the season. Mario Machuco led the boys 9th grade team, followed by Evan Tinker who shows the signs that he's ready for a big breatkthrough in the coming weeks! The Senior Girls were the other winning group on the day, a result that unfortunately we didn't discover until long after the meet had ended and the teams had headed home. Let by Brianna Jacklin who made great moves up the field in the last half, her 16:42 is King's #8 all time. Bree Guzman who is making these California courses look like she's been here before, put together a wonderful race (again) and helped pull along Lauren Boydd who is certainly NOT looking like a cross country rookies. Rachel Rosales and Amanda Haring both improved off their previous Morley Field times bringing low points across the line while Iveth Gutirrez finished the scoring. Showing grit, Shana Tenne and Miranda Salas both ran well despite crashing in the first 800 meters and running bloodied to the finish. Shelby Mikkelson took the ACT test in Riverside in the morning, then booked it down the 15 freeway to make her race count, which is what her 19:23 shouts! Hannah Johnson was the top King finisher in the girls Junior race, followed closely by Emily Sanchez Parker Gutzmann battled off the floor and the flu to get in the senior race and employed a perfectly executed strategy of conservative start and hard finish. He was the first senior for King across the line and led Jacob Enriquez (who improved 45 seconds from 2012)
and Brandon Gutzmann. Garret Koontz and Daniel Clark ran tough and posted great races. "A spread offense" is a term usually reserved for football, but when you look at the way the King harriers raced across 8 different races, winning two of them and coming close in a couple of others, it's a term that may well apply here today. While a couple of sophomores notched the leading times for the Wolves, which bodes well for the future, there's enough firepower here and now at any age that could make the rest of the 2013 season something to enjoy.
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME
Last year at Promenade Park for our 2nd league race, the Boys Varsity team had an exciting hard fought race that led to a slim 5-point victory just as it started to rain and thunder. The Girls Varsity team, on its way to an obvious blowout victory, was halted in the middle of the race when lightning started to come too close for comfort and the race was wisely called. This year, with only one starter from each of those teams returning to Promenade Park, the results were still almost identical, except the weather cooperated and the girls finished their dominant victory. From one year to the next, the weather had changed; the results of the racing stayed the same. The Girls Varsity started the winning ways with Ruthie Wiggins improving her previous time on the course by an amazing 2:39 over her effort last year and cruising to an impressive victory at 17:52. She was joined by Brianna Jacklin, Alyssa Haring (1:32 faster than last year), the two “rookie” seniors, Lauren Boydd and Bree Guzman, and freshman Rebekah Pendleton. Aimee Martinez, the sole returning varsity girl from last year’s race, had a good first race back from being off from an injured ankle and solidified the victory by finishing 6th for King and ahead of 2nd place Corona’s third girl for a 33 point victory. The Boys Varsity knew they had a much tougher challenge with two tough teams from Corona and Roosevelt, altogether the three dominant teams in the Big VIII. At the first mile, it looked as if Corona, with three strong runners in the top four, and Roosevelt with the eventual race winner Brandon Randall and strong junior Jeremy Beck also ahead of King’s first, meant that King was hoping for a second place finish at best. But races are not won in the first mile or the second, and Corona’s top runner faltered in the third, allowing for five King runners - Rolando Phalen, Dalton Seckinger, Daniel Gonzalez, Mark Werley, and Carlos Ramirez - to pass him before the line in a comefrom-behind 3-point victory with King scoring 38, Corona 41, and Roosevelt at 49, The next two league races will be very exciting. As one of the boys said, “There’s a lot of work to do,” and the boys know that they cannot rest on this lone victory if they hope to win the league title.
From one year to the next, the weather had changed; the results of the racing stayed the same
In the Girls JV race King dominated from the start and took across the line 8 out of the first 10 girls. Only one runner from Santiago prevented a clean sweep of the top five spots. Emily Sanchez ran her best race of the year in the victory with Rachel Rosales and Amanda Haring not far behind. Freshman Kathryn Hammer continued to demonstrate that she will be a factor in the years to come by finishing 4th in the race and 11th for King overall in her first year of running. Others to have a great race included Hannah Boutwell who improved her PR by 1:43 and bouncing back from a tough race in San Diego. Tayelee Holtrop raced well, as did Iveth Gutierrez. As the sun set on the meet, the JV boys finished off the day with a dominant victory by Tyler Janes who ran 15:56 (exactly 1:00 faster than last year!) while leading with a comfortable margin the entire race. His great run demonstrates King’s great depth as his mark would have placed him as King’s 5th runner in the varsity race! However, Corona’s depth is just as good as King’s -- if not better -- and the Panthers placed five of the next seven runners to win the race by nine points. King had six more runners in the top 12. Blake Simpson, Brandon Gutzmann, Jacob Enriquez, David Huff, Matthew Cleland, and Garret Koontz all had great races in keeping the race close with many of them running huge PR’s. Personal records were also shattered by Austin Hoffman, Ryan Orr, Tyler Woods, and Wyatt Smith, who ran 16:46 to break 17 minutes for the first time, just to name a few. Corona and King both showed that their programs are deep and will likely continue to field competitive teams in the years to come, as shown by the fact that King’s winning varsity boys team is comprised of six runners from last year’s JV teams. Which just goes to prove that the more things change, the more things stay the same.
LANCER CLASSIC STOKES COMPETITIVE FIRES
What was expected at the third annual Lancer Classic was a local, small affair that brought a smattering of Riverside teams and one squad from Nevada who was making an overnighter to Riverside. Having just come off a hard week of training and an emotional, hard-fought Big 8 league contest just 48 hours prior to the start of the races at Rancho Jurupa Park, a sense of battle fatigue for King could have been expected as well.
What wasn’t expected were the on-point times over the looping, grassy 5K course. Despite weariness in their legs, the frosh-soph girls race led to some huge PR’s for Hannah Boutwell, Tayelee Holtrop and Dystinie Rush, who finished 4, 5 and 6 respectively and brought in King’s first team victory for the day. Alyssa Giddings and Julie Steklof rounded out the scoring for the lady Wolves’ young team. Soon after, the consistently strong and deep King boys’ underclassmen saw a 1-2-3 finish despite a more conservative effort. Mikey Robinson took a commanding lead from the start, but was push by teammates David Huff and Wyatt Smith to round out the sweep. Ryan Orr and Vincent Bazurto completed the scoring for King, who finished close to 40 meters ahead of an always deep and well-coach La Sierra squad. Both varsity squads were asked to be a bit more conservative to this weekend’s racing, all with an eye on the harder challenges approaching in the near future. Given the competitive nature of this group, that proved a challenge. Despite a fair dollop of “holding back”, the girls finished in a pack and closely behind Temecula Valley for second place. The boys, with a bit more bravado on the line ran conservatively in the first half, then raced it in, narrowly missing a team victory over La Sierra.
The competitive spirit was alive and well.
Under a bit warmer and drier skies, the meet concluded with the JV competition. The Lady Wolves were dominant, with more than a sweep offered up ... they place the first 12 finishers across the line. Brittney Saucedo ran well, breaking 21 minutes on the 5K course and earning her first-ever race victory. She was followed in by sister Savannah, Miranda Salas, Shelby Mikkelson and Jennifer Gutierrez. The boys race concluded the day with equal success, as Jacob Enriquez won the race by a large margin, followed by Matt Cleland and Garret Koontz taking a sweep over the Eagles of La Sierra. All runners were challenged to keep their hunger for more success this season, by focusing on the big picture and honing in on their goals as we get into the last month of the season. At a small meet in Riverside, the competitive spirit was alive and well. What remains are much bigger stages and venues where the same will be expected.
BIG VIII LEAGUE MEET SETS THE STAGE FOR COMING FINALS
The second Big 8 cluster meet of the season was yet another spirited adventure. What else can you expect with several strong teams get together? In what turned out to be a wonderful competition, the teams are poised for what should be an incredible League Finals three weeks from now. King’s varsity girls got the win, but they all agreed it wasn’t pretty. After dominating in the first round during late September and winning by over 30 points, this contest was much closer; just 12 points was the margin of victory over Roosevelt. Corona’s top two harriers went 1-2 but were disqualified for going off course. The snafu allowed for Alyssa Haring to take the sacred one point for winning, while being shadowed closely by Brianna Jacklin. While Aimee Martinez ran solidly, the rest of the group struggled, and made the final outcome less than obvious. Still, the job got done and the girls go into the league finals undefeated. The normal seven for the boys varsity weren’t all on the line as three of the usual lineup weren’t racing. So, calling on the depth of the team, three “varsity-untested” guys moved up, namely, Brandon Gutzmann, Mike Robinson and Blake Simpson. Facing the uncertainty of racing at that level for the first time, the three overcame their fears and ran like seasoned veterans and really shined. Tyler Janes who has split his time on Varsity and JV, put together his best race of the season. In the first Big 8 meet, he won the JV race, but today, for a time he led the team in the top five of the field before relinquishing it to Rolando Phalen who would finish fourth overall. Both guys ran outstanding, tough efforts. Dalton Seckinger and Daniel Gonzalez both ran conservative starts then finished with a flourish, passing many over the last mile and a half. In a spirited sprint to the line, Gonzalez and Robinson passed one key Corona runner to make the score even tighter. Given the lineup, King really had no business being in the same ballpark of the likes of Corona, but the group overcame the gaps and raced exceptionally well.
Brandon, Mike and Blake overcame their fears and ran like seasoned veterans
Their counterparts at the JV level weren’t quite as on, and Corona really took the Wolves to task. Jacob Enriquez ran a strong effort near the front of the race the whole way and finished with a solid 16:33, 2nd place finish. Kyle Johnson finished fourth, but there were three Panthers on his heals, before Wyatt Smith and Parker Gutzmann came through. For Wyatt, the fast improving sophomore ran perhaps his best race of his life. Matt Cleland was the final scorer in 11th place, and King fell to Corona by 12 points. The JV girls won easily, taking the first six places, just as they did in the first round. Rachel Rosales won the race easily and was followed by Hannah Johnson, Amanda Haring, Emily Sanchez, Kathryn Hammar and Iveth Gutierrez. So it was quite a day. A bunch of excitement and competition that saw King sneaking into wins and almost wins and, for good measure, winning in a blowout. If today is any indication, the Finals should be everything a finals should be: Exciting!
FROM DARK TO LIGHT, MT.SAC SHINES ON KING
The 66th Annual Mt. SAC Invitational started very early as we set up our canopies in darkness; only the light of the giant “Jumbo Tron” illuminated the field. It would be a long day with races spread out from 7:30am for the Boys JV to nearly 1pm when the Boys Sophomores set off to set another all-time record sophomore team time for Mt. SAC. But, by the time the canopies were packed and the team was headed for home, it was clear that King’s performances had sparkled no matter the hour. In the low light of dawn the JV Boys finished 5th in a race full of state powers including Great Oak, Dana Hills, and Arcadia. Matt Cleland set the pace finishing 8th overall with a time of 16:50, a full 1:10 faster than his effort last year with Garret Koontz and Jacob Pendleton also having good races. The Girls JV team finished 3rd behind Great Oak and Dana Hills with Emily Sanchez, Amanda Haring, and Hannah Johnson put three King runners in the top 11. Emily and Amanda had huge improvement from last year and ran perhaps their best races of 2013. The Boys Varsity team may have been disappointed with their 4th place finish but still managed to race King’s 6th fastest time on the course despite the fact that a couple of King’s normal top-five finishers were racing in the sophomore race. Carlos Ramirez had his best race of the year finishing in 15:44, the 4th fastest time ever for a King runner at Mt. SAC. As is often the case, the race was a good learning experience as the boys will soon return to the same course for CIF prelims. The Girls Varsity race turned out to be mystery for a while as it took nearly two hours for the results to be posted. Ruth Wiggins again showed her amazing growth this past year by finishing third overall in 18:25, a full 3:07 over her freshman attempt! Her effort puts her as the 4th fastest King girl at Mt. SAC in our 15 year history, and the 3rd fastest ever by a sophomore girl. She was followed by senior Brianna Jacklin at 18:47, who becomes the 6th fastest girl King has had at Mt. SAC, and Alyssa Haring at 18:58, the 3rd fastest time ever for a sophomore girl. Overall, the girls had the 7th fastest team time ever for at Mt. SAC. Despite a large gap of points and time between the 3rd and 4th finisher for the girls, their opponents were constituted in a similar fashion and the Lady Wolves were able to finish third overall is a heat meet officials dubbed “sub-sweepstakes”. The freshman girls had the first victory of the day for King with Rebekah Pendleton leading the way in 10th place and Tayelee Holtrup, Kathryn Hammar, and Dystanie Rush all having solid races. Julie Steklof had her best race of the year finishing 34th out of 155 girls in the race and solidifying the victory for the freshman girls. All ran times ahead or close to what Ruth
Wiggins ran last year, and all show the kind of work ethic that leads us to believe that they will be a factor in the years to come! Great race freshman girls!! As the morning cool turned to the heat of the afternoon, the freshman boys finished 4th and had great races from Mario Machuca and Evan Tinker who both have made great improvement in their first year of running. The sophomore girls were next and led by a wonderful performance by Hannah Boutwell who medaled and was a good two minutes faster than a year ago. But with 3 runners the group didn’t have enough scorers to place. The bright sun of the 1:00 PM hour served as a spotlight of sorts on the Boys Sophomore race. While the team tried to stay focused on the goal of running well and looking to improve, it was hard not to be reminded that these were the same boys that last year destroyed the all-time team time course record for Mt. SAC for any freshman team in 65 years at Mt. SAC. With the same group in tack from yesteryear along with much improved Wyatt Smith and AJ Boebinger, these boys did not disappoint. Not only did they win the race, but they set another all-time course record, (83:25 set by El Rancho in 2010) by almost a minute at 82:37, and, almost 5 minutes faster than any other sophomore team. With 6 of the top 7 runners, it was a dominant performance. Tyler Janes pulled away to win the race at 15:59 to become the 8th fastest King boy to run at Mt. SAC, and the 2nd fastest sophomore. He was followed by Mark Werley at 16:22, the 4th fastest time in our history by a sophomore. Blake Simpson, Michael Robinson, Andrew Boebinger, and Daniel Gonzalez all finished below 17 minutes to solidify the victory. Wyatt Smith, David Huff, Ryan Orr, Brenten Havsgaard, and Vincent Barzurto all had great races. The sophomore team is deep and hungry, with five having run on varsity at one point during the year and many others showing the potential and desire to push them on to the varsity team next years. So it was quite a day that started before sunrise and ended with a bright victory under a warm sun. With league finals and CIF approaching, the team has a lot to look forward to before the sun sets on 2013.
BIG VIII FINALS ADDS ANOTHER GEM TO KING’S CROWN
The Big 8 Finals never disappoints. Last year, the Wolves of King High walked away with a clean sweep of all four races; the boys varsity winning by one skinny point. While the 2013 running of the event wasn’t quite as “clean” as the 2012 version was, it was still a very good day for King as the harriers from Riverside went home with 3 wins and a close second place to Corona in the boys varsity contest.
Perhaps the race of the day was the boys JV. After King lost to Corona in both of the first league meets of the season by 10 and 12 points respectively, it could have been a foregone conclusion that the Panthers of Corona would run away with the finale as well. The King kids had a different idea though and ran with great aggressiveness and a sense of purpose. They were not disappointed in the outcome as they reversed the previous scores, winning this one over Corona by 12 points.
Perhaps the race of the day was the boys’ JV.
Blake Simpson may need a new nickname -- let’s call him Blazin’ Blake -- as his racing and training has been on fire of late with dramatic improvements each time out. This was a classic one for the talented sophomore. Taking the lead in the opening meters of the race, he extended it through the three miles and won by a large margin with a course PR and with a time that would hold as King’s 5th fastest mark on the day, both varsity and JV races combined. The scoring was close behind him, but a great race by senior Brandon Gutzmann to nail down second place furthered King’s cause for victory. Michael Robinson had a terrific race to finish in fourth place overall, ahead of the Panthers’ second finisher. The win was on! Closing the door were the number four and five guys for King, Parker Gutzmann and Jacob Enriquez. Sophs David Huff and Wyatt Smith - both big parts of King’ future - ran very solid performances and finished in the top 7 for King. Rebekah Pendleton has had a very fine 9th grade season, showing passion and drive every week of the year. Today’s race was just more of the same, as she charged out hard in the JV girls contest and led by a large margin for the entire race. Emily Sanchez closed the gap a bit to finish in second, while Amanda Haring closed out her fine three years of racing and improving in gratifying fashion. The JV girls have swept the top seven places in every Big 8 league race this year, and they continued that roll this day with an added 8th place finisher just for good measure. Behind Amanda was Britney Saucedo, Hannah Johnson, Savannah Saucedo, Kathryn Hammar and Iveth Gutierrez. A solitary opponent snuck in after Iveth but was followed by Hannah Boutwell who ran a terrific race. Tayelee Holtrop
was right there with her, also racing well. Shelby Mikkelson closed her career with a good race in 14th, and the always positive Miranda Salas finished her last high school XC race in 15th. Dystanie Rush was 16th, putting 13 King girls in the top 16 spots! Impressive! 2013 will mark the 12th league title for the girls’ varsity and the 200th league meet victory in our 15 years of racing! The King girls have produced 12 league championships, spanning 4 different leagues! Ruth Wiggins’ very savvy race led it for the ladies who won by 29 points - a bit of redemption after stumbling somewhat in the second league race and winning that one by a margin of only 10 points. Ruth’s victory marks the 10th King girl to win the league MVP award! On a personal note, it also marked one of the great improvement stories in our history. One year ago, Ruth finished 13th in the JV league finals with a time over 22 minutes Today? Varsity league champion and a time of 17:54. Amazing. Perhaps the most encouraging part of the girls’ victory was the much closer gap between the #2 and #5 finishers. Alyssa Haring and Brianna Jacklin did their usual close finish near the front, but it was a fantastic effort of Aimee Martinez and Rachel Rosales who finished only 2 seconds apart and much closer in time to King’s third. Bree Guzman was right behind them and Lauren Boydd finished as King’s seventh in 19th place. For the varsity boys, the hope was that the narrow margins separating them from Corona in the first two races (3 points both times with each team taking a victory) would swing in favor of King this time out. But Corona ran a very solid team race while King didn’t have their sharpest performance and that left the Wolves seven points out of the victory. Despite not firing on all cylandars, there were some outstanding performances. Rolando Phalen ran so, so tough and finished fourth -- one of his best races all season. Tyler Janes -- who won the JV race on this course back in September -- finished first-team All League in 5th place, a result of growth and focus. Mark Werley was next in with an extremely gutty race that reveals the talented sophomore’s character. His effort kept King close in the scoring, especially as Daniel Gonzalez came charging up to finish two places behind him in 9th. Four racers in the top ten usually spells a victory, but Corona put five in the top 10, sealing the deal. Carlos Ramirez finished 11th for King and scored, and Kyle Johnson and Dalton Seckinger rounded out the seven, all of whom finished with All League honors. The Big 8 can and has produced amazing races and exciting results. 2013 will go down as another chapter in that long storyline. While it wasn’t a clean sweep, it was awfully close, and there is definitely no disappointment in that.
JV LEAGUE MEDALISTS BOYS 1. Blake Simpson (league champion) 2. Brandon Gutzmann 4. Michael Robinson 7. Parker Gutzmann 8. Jacob Enriquez 12. David Huff 13. Smith, Wyatt 17. Andrew Boebinger 18. Garret Koontz
GIRLS 1. Rebekah Pendleton (league champion) 2. Emily Sanchez 3. Amanda Haring 4. Britney Saucedo 5. Hannah Johnson 6. Savannah Saucedo 7. Kathryn Hammar 8. Iveth Gutierrez 10. Hannah Boutwell 12. Tayelee Holtrop 14. Shelby Mikkelson 15. Miranda Salas 16. Dystanie Rush 19. Jennifer Gutierrez 20. Madeline Wrathal
GIRLS RACE TO FINALS FOR 11th TIME; BOYS MISS THE TICKET TO RIDE
Sport has a way of creating great highs and tough lows. Such it was for the King Wolves on Saturday at the CIF Southern Section D1 Preliminaries. Needing to snag one of the top four team places in their respective heats in order to punch their tickets to the CIF Championship held next week, both teams knew of the challenge that was placed in front of them. Race well and move on, falter on that needed performance and the season ends. Well, the sport dealt what it had to offer and the girls team passed the test and will run in the finals, while the boys’ season came to a humbling end. The girls took the line first under ideal weather conditions. On paper it looked going into the race, that a solid performance across the group would secure a third-place finish behind the highly ranked squads from Yucaipa and San Clemente. Sure enough, as the race unfolded, that’s exactly how it played out, with King going shoulder to shoulder with the Jackrabbits of Long Beach Poly for the 3rd and 4th place spots. In the end, King edged Poly by 12 points and finished the predicted third place. Ruth Wiggins led the charge with dales of Mt.SAC, and even with a slight normal. Her 18:21 is now the #4 time in had a huge performance, running King’s years of history at 18:32. Alyssa Haring it was a 30 second PR by Rachel Rosales between the 3 and 4 spots all season. Aimee Martinez was 5th across the line fourth spot for half the race. Lauren ran across 7th for the girls. So for the King will take the line with the 16 bestsquads in their division ... no small feat. to make it happen and next Saturday will be a day of racing and celebration
The sport dealt what it had to offer and the girls’ team will run in the finals, while the boys’ season came to a humbling end.
another fine effort over the hills and PR she admitted it was a bit tougher than school history. Senior Brianna Jacklin 5th fastest time on the course in our 15 was third for the team in 19th place, but that closed a gap that has lingered Her race was a huge help in the scoring. after gallantly attempting to stay in the Boydd PR’d as well and Emily Sanchez 11th time in 15 seasons, the girls of From front to back, it took a team effort
From the high fives and high-feelings of the girls’ finish, the boys result was a turn in the other direction. Yes, sports can do that. But sport also offers great lessons and tutorials, and for the King Seven -- all of whom will return next year -- were handed by the professor of adversity the lesson of defeat. It’s a tough task master, but it can and often does result in great glory. Despite a projected third or fourth place run, the team finished a disappointing 6th place, well back of 5th place Burroughs who had to deal with their own school of hard knocks as they finished one point out of qualifying! Tyler Janes had a breakout race and led the team across the line in 14th place and with a huge PR of 15:42, the fastest
sophomore time in school history at Mt.SAC. Fellow sophomore Blake Simpson, who has been simply on fire over the last month, continued to blaze and finished third for the team with a 17 second PR and the 4th fastest soph time in our history. His 37th place finish was sandwiched by Rolando Phalen (36th) and Kyle Johnson (38th), both juniors. Sophomores Daniel Gonzalez and Mark Werley were across next and Carlos Ramirez rounded out the seven. Daniel ran a PR for the course, the 6th fastest sophomore time in school history. Disappointment reigned following the finish, as the outcome was apparent even before the scores were announced. Well placed feelings, for sure, as they knew to a man that it wasn’t what they were capable of. But they will do well to listen to their teacher. It’s that same tough prof who offers adversity in exchange for reward. From the valley of “defeat” rise the champions of tomorrow; a lesson that sports teach with great purity. It will only be a matter of time before we find out if this very talented group will listen and respond. If they do, the CIF rounds in 2014 will tell a different story.
LOOKS ARE DECEIVING, TIME IS REVEALING By the look of things this past July when the 2013 season was just getting under way, the idea of the girls racing in the D1 CIF SS Finals in November was not an idea most entertained. As the group arrived for summer camp four and a half months ago, there were missing pieces, a lot of uncertainty, several new faces and a lack of identity. But time and effort have a way of revealing things that can be hidden, and over the course of the season, the girls gradually formed an identity and
an understanding that perhaps they were better than they had anticipated early on. Rankings during September had the team pegged at 7th in the Division, then 10th, 11th and ultimately 13th at the outset of CIF. Coming out of last week’s CIF Prelims, the girls were “on paper” 14th of the 16 teams who qualified for the Finals. As the days progressed to Saturday’s race, a goal was set to finish in the top 10. The race went out in a very fast pace, which is what you expect in D1 Finals. Through the first mile, it didn’t look good for the Ladies from King. At one
Time and effort have a way of revealing things that can be hidden, and over the course of the season, the girls gradually formed an identity and an understanding that perhaps they were better than they had anticipated early on.
point just before the mile, the 5-6-7 runners for King were the last three racers in the entire field of 118. As the field headed up the switchbacks, King’s number one runner Ruth Wiggins saw the clock read 5:15 and had she counted she would have seen some 25 runners in front of her! By the time all seven of King’s runners went by the mile split -- all of them below 6:00 and faster than they are accustomed to -- it appeared as if the outcome of the race wasn’t going to be what they had hoped for. The torrid pace of the opening mile put a toll on Ruth as she had to focus to stay in it before dropping back to finish as King’s #3 in 50th place. But as any good team should do, two runners stepped up to help out. Alyssa Haring was one of just a few girls for King who managed to significantly gain in placing after that first mile and would ultimately cross the line in 33rd place. She ran a 33 second PR for the course at 18:25. Senior Brianna Jacklin closed her career with a strong effort and close to a MtSAC PR, finishing in 46th place. A gap of 38 points spaced King’s third and fourth finishers, as Rachel Rosales crossed next followed by Lauren Boydd who was King’s #5, running a 10-second PR. Bree Guzman and Aimee Martinez struggled in their final race of high school, finishing in 20:32 and 20:34 respectively. There was understandable disappointment in the group following the race as it appeared to have not gone as they planned. In some ways it didn’t, the girls didn’t have their best collective race of the year. However, the “look” of the race was masked a bit by the revealing nature of the times which made the difference. After some delay in getting the results, it was announced that King had finished 11th, a respectable and solid finish despite the appearances during competition. The breakthrough performances of Alyssa Haring and Brianna Jacklin -- somewhat lost in the crowded field -- coupled with Ruth’s tenaciousness and Rachel’s gain of 20 places in the final two miles allowed the girls to finish higher than it seemed it would settle at. They were 54 points out of that desired top 10 spot. The questions of last July took time to answer, but the girls successfully navigated a season that had uncertainty written all over it. They may have been inexperienced, new to the sport, each other or to running varsity, but in time, they ended up putting together an undefeated league season and racing in CIF Finals. Not too shabby. Here today in their final race, the questions posed by the early mile just took some time to be answered. It didn’t look good, but looks can be deceiving, and in King Cross Country’s 11th trip to CIF Finals, they finished 11th. While it ultimately wasn’t what they hoped for or perhaps what they were capable of, it was still a finish they can be happy with. That spirit just may take some time to fully reveal itself.
TOP TEAM TIMES – 3 MILE COURSE Boys 1. Big 8 League Finals 2011 78:01 Andulka Park N. Torres, A.Schupp, Casco, Berz, Meier 2. Big 8 League Meet #2 2012 78:22 Promenade Park, Corona Berz, Casco, Torres, Elerts, Sanchez 3. The Great Cow Run 2011 78:27 Cerritos Regional Park NTorres, Parrish, Casco, Schupp, Meier 4. Big 8 League #2 2011 78:38 Andulka Park N.Torres, Casco, Schupp, Meier, Elerts 5. Big 8 League #1 2013 78:41 Promenade Park, Corona Phalen, Seckinger, D.Gonzalez, M.Werley, Ramirez 6. The Great Cow Run 2010 79:02 Cerritos Regional Park Becerra, Rini, N.Torres, Balcazar, Schupp 7. Big 8 Finals 2013 79:34 Promenade Park Phalen, Janes, Werley, Gonzalez, Ramirez 8. Seaside Invitational 2008 79:43 Ventura Werley, Alvarez, Schupp, Becerra, Nocella 9. The Great Cow Run 2013 79:44 Cerritos Regional Park Johnson, Phalen, M.Werley, D.Gonzalez, P.Gutzmann 10. Big 8 League Finals 2009 80:23 Corona Home Course Werley, McKell, Nocella, Nelson, Rini
Girls 1. Seaside Invitational 2008 92:58 Ventura Soholt, Tippets, Asplund, Tippets, Candelaria 2. Big 8 League Finals 2013 93:18 Mountain Gate Park, Corona Wiggins, Jacklin, Haring, Martinez, Guzman 3 Big 8 #1 2013 93:27 Promenade Park, Corona Wiggins, Jacklin, Haring, Boydd, Guzman 4. Big 8 League Finals 2008 93:47 Santiago Home Course Tippets, Candelaria, Soholt, Tippets, Peterson 5. The Great Cow Run Cerritos Regional Park 2012 93:48 Werley, Martinez, Garside, Jaramillo, I.Gutierrez 6. Big 8 League Finals 2011 93:56 Andulka Park Werley, Garside, Jaramillo, Fatten, I.Gutierrez 7. The Great Cow Run 2011 94:38 Cerritos Regional Park Werley, Garside, Fatten, Amiot, I.Gutierrez 8. Big 8 League Finals 2009 95:09 Corona Home Course Tippets, Peterson, Asplund, Werley, Bowman 9. The Great Cow Run 2013 95:41 Cerritos Regional Park Wiggins, Jacklin, Guzman, Pendleton, Martinez 10. Big 8 League Finals 2010 96:00 Andulka Park 3.0 mile course Peterson, Soholt, Garside, Tippets, Werley
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